Ipomoea's Journal

This is an update of the June 22nd entry I made. To summarize, it went something like this: friend goes on long vacation and gives me tomatoes. Upon slicing through one I discover sprouts. I plant sprouts. So… a month and a half later… These crazy things are 4 feet tall and blooming...

So I have been on a warpath with slugs and snails – finding, eliminating and discouraging. My sunflower is pretty much gone. Last night I found the real culprit. A caterpillar!! A huge, fat, hungry caterpillar that was ON what remains of the poor sunflower trying to finish it off. I’...

I am at my wits end! Three of my sunflowers that were so promising were DEVOURED overnight, and I can’t find the culprits – but judging by the slime trail left at the crime scene I can say that it was slugs! How do I eliminate them?? The leaves are totally gone, and I’m worried ...

Some general updates – I finally staked the cucumbers and beans! I’m so happy they finally got big enough :) I also transplanted some of the tiny tomatoes that made their way here inside the mama tomato. They’re growing very fast but are most likely to become next year’s t...

The Topsy Turvy tomato finally succumbed to gravity and is now actually hanging down. I was horrified at first, because I thought it broke, but upon further inspection it turned out that it just twisted down. There is still one branch that is growing up, I wonder if it will do the same thing? I h...